1. YUGOSLAV REP MOJSOV TOLD SCALI PANAMA AND PERU HAVE DRAFTED
THREE PANAMA CANAL RESOLUTIONS WHICH THEY HAVE ASKED YUGOSLAVIA,
INDIA, INDONESIA, SUDAN, GUINEA, AND KENYA TO CO- SPONSOR. HE
OFFERED SCALI THREE RESOLUTIONS TO COPY IF HE WISHED. THIS OFFER
CAME AT SAME TIME PANAMANIANS MADE AVAILABLE TEXTS TO US DEL.
2. SCALI TOLD YUGOSLAV REP IT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT
UNSC GET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
US AND PANAMA ON CANAL ISSUE. IT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE,
SCALI SAID EVEN IF SC MERELY REAFFIRMED OR NOTED POINTS IN
NEGOTIATION WHERE TWO SIDES ALREADY AGREED SINCE UN HAS NO
BUSINESS TRYING TO GUIDE OR ADVISE ON THESE BILATERAL ISSUES
WHICH MUST BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN TWO PARTIES. SCALI SAID US
WOULD TAKE VERY FIRM POSITION. AT MOST, HE SAID, US
CONCEIVABLY MIGHT ACCEPT RESOLUTIONS URGING BOTH SIDES GO
BACK TO NEGOTIATIONS BUT WOULD REJECT UN MEDDLING IN BILATERAL
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3. YUG REP NOTED SCALI' S OBJECTIONS, SAYING HE WOULD TELL
OTHER POSSIBLE CO- SPONSORS THAT POINTS IMMEDIATELY " CONTROVERSIAL".
SCALI SAID WORD WAS NOT " CONTROVERSIAL" BUT " OBJECTIONABLE".
YUGOSLAV REP SAID HE PERSONALLY FELT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MELD
ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS INTO SINGLE RES, ELIMINATING SOME
REPETITIVE POINTS. HE ADDED UNCOMMITTED REPS WOULD MEET SOON
TO EXAMINE DRAFTS, SUGGEST POSSIBLE CHANGES, TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THEY WISH TO CO- SPONSOR.
4. PEREZ CUELLAR HAD EARLIER TOLD BENNETT TACTIC WOULD BE TO
PRESENT VERY HARD RESOLUTIONS WITH VIEW TO NEGOTIATING DOWN
TO ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE. ON WAY OUT OF MEETING WE RAN INTO
PEREZ CUELLAR AND REPEATED SAME POINTS MADE TO MOJSOV RE
RESOLUTIONS. PEREZ CUELLAR INSISTED HIS POSITION FLEXIBLE.
SAYRE
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ACTION IO-13
INFO OCT-01 ARA-11 EUR-25 ADP-00 SSO-00 CCO-00 IOE-00
USIE-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02 INR-09 L-03
NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-14 INRE-00 T-03
OMB-01 RSR-01 AF-10 EA-11 NEA-10 OIC-04 GAC-01 /143 W
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O 161843 Z MAR 73
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6832
INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY LIMA IMMEDIATE
USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 271
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 1407
FM USDEL
E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, USUN, PN, PE, YO
SUBJ: DRAFT PANAMA CANAL RESOLUTIONS
1. YUGOSLAV REP MOJSOV TOLD SCALI PANAMA AND PERU HAVE DRAFTED
THREE PANAMA CANAL RESOLUTIONS WHICH THEY HAVE ASKED YUGOSLAVIA,
INDIA, INDONESIA, SUDAN, GUINEA, AND KENYA TO CO- SPONSOR. HE
OFFERED SCALI THREE RESOLUTIONS TO COPY IF HE WISHED. THIS OFFER
CAME AT SAME TIME PANAMANIANS MADE AVAILABLE TEXTS TO US DEL.
2. SCALI TOLD YUGOSLAV REP IT COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT
UNSC GET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
US AND PANAMA ON CANAL ISSUE. IT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE,
SCALI SAID EVEN IF SC MERELY REAFFIRMED OR NOTED POINTS IN
NEGOTIATION WHERE TWO SIDES ALREADY AGREED SINCE UN HAS NO
BUSINESS TRYING TO GUIDE OR ADVISE ON THESE BILATERAL ISSUES
WHICH MUST BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN TWO PARTIES. SCALI SAID US
WOULD TAKE VERY FIRM POSITION. AT MOST, HE SAID, US
CONCEIVABLY MIGHT ACCEPT RESOLUTIONS URGING BOTH SIDES GO
BACK TO NEGOTIATIONS BUT WOULD REJECT UN MEDDLING IN BILATERAL
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US- PANAMANIAN NEGOTIATIONS.
3. YUG REP NOTED SCALI' S OBJECTIONS, SAYING HE WOULD TELL
OTHER POSSIBLE CO- SPONSORS THAT POINTS IMMEDIATELY " CONTROVERSIAL".
SCALI SAID WORD WAS NOT " CONTROVERSIAL" BUT " OBJECTIONABLE".
YUGOSLAV REP SAID HE PERSONALLY FELT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MELD
ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS INTO SINGLE RES, ELIMINATING SOME
REPETITIVE POINTS. HE ADDED UNCOMMITTED REPS WOULD MEET SOON
TO EXAMINE DRAFTS, SUGGEST POSSIBLE CHANGES, TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THEY WISH TO CO- SPONSOR.
4. PEREZ CUELLAR HAD EARLIER TOLD BENNETT TACTIC WOULD BE TO
PRESENT VERY HARD RESOLUTIONS WITH VIEW TO NEGOTIATING DOWN
TO ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE. ON WAY OUT OF MEETING WE RAN INTO
PEREZ CUELLAR AND REPEATED SAME POINTS MADE TO MOJSOV RE
RESOLUTIONS. PEREZ CUELLAR INSISTED HIS POSITION FLEXIBLE.
SAYRE
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*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** CONFIDENTIAL